Buoyancy-assisted mixed convective flow over backward-facing step in a vertical duct using nanofluids

• Main Authors: Mohammed, H.A., Al-Aswadi, A.A., Yusoff, M.Z., Saidur, Rahman
• Format: Article
• Published: Thermophysics and Aeromechanics 2012
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/6602/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS0869864312010040?LI=true

Laminar mixed convective buoyancy assisting flow through a two-dimensional vertical duct with a backward-facing step using nanofluids as a medium is numerically simulated using finite volume technique. Different types of nanoparticles such as Au, Ag, Al2O3, Cu, CuO, diamond, SiO2 and TiO2 with 5 vo...